The Citizen Science Lab

“Form 990 is provided to the full board for review before filing with the internal revenue service.”

“The organization provided the conflict of interest policy to each of the directors for review and signature. The signed forms are kept on file for future reference. In connection with any actual or possible conflict of interest, an interested person must disclose the existence and nature of his or her financial interest to the directors and any relevant committee members. After disclosure of the financial interest, the interested person shall leave the board or committee meeting while the financial interest is discussed and voted upon. The remaining directors or committee members shall decide if a conflict of interest exists. If a conflict of interest exists, the following procedures shall be followed: (a) the chair, if one has been elected, or if not, the president, shall, if appropriate, appoint a disinterested person or committee to investigate alternatives to the proposed transaction or arrangement; (b) after exercising due diligence, the directors or committee shall determine whether the corporation could obtain a more advantageous transaction or arrangement with reasonable efforts from a person or entity that would not give rise to a conflict of interest; and (c) if a more advantageous transaction or arrangement is not reasonably attainable, the directors or committee shall determine by a majority vote of the disinterested directors whether the transaction or arrangement is in the corporation's best interests and for its own benefit and whether the transaction is fair and reasonable to the corporation and shall decide as to whether to enter into the transaction or arrangement in conformity with such determination. If a director or committee member has reasonable cause to believe that an interested person has failed to disclose actual or possible conflicts of interest, he shall inform the interested person of the basis of such belief and afford the interested person an opportunity to explain the alleged failure to disclose. If, after hearing the response of the member and making such further investigation as may be warranted in the circumstances, the directors or committee determine that the interested person has in fact failed to disclose an actual or possible conflict of interest, the directors shall take appropriate steps to protect the corporation.”

“Special procedures shall be in effect with respect to compensation issues. A voting member of the board or any committee whose jurisdiction includes compensation matters and who receives compensation, directly or indirectly, from the corporation for services is precluded from voting on matters pertaining to that member's compensation. Compensation is reviewed by a compensation committee and the committee researches the proposal for compensation and votes.”

“Special procedures shall be in effect with respect to compensation issues. A voting member of the board or any committee whose jurisdiction includes compensation matters and who receives compensation, directly or indirectly, from the corporation for services is precluded from voting on matters pertaining to that member's compensation. Compensation is reviewed by a compensation committee and the committee researches the proposal for compensation and votes.”

“Other than posting the 990 on guidestar.org, the organization will provide an electronic copy of the 990 to any individual or entity who formally requests it from management.”

“The drone academy is a program designed to teach youth in grades 9-12 flying lessons to safely fly their own drones. For students that are 16 and older, we will take the time to organize study and testing sessions to prepare students to pass their 14 cfr 107.71 exam. In igem, students push the boundaries of synthetic biology by tackling everyday issues facing the world such as turning agricultural waste into biofuels and working to cure alzheimer's disease. The igem competition is an annual world-wide synthetic biology competition with teams representing the united states, chile, kazakhstan, south korea, egypt, south africa, mexico, germany, and australiaamong others. These multidisciplinary teams work throughout the spring, summer and fall to build genetically engineered systems for the competition. Students participating on the csl's teamwork with csl staff mentors to train and fine-tune their essential lab skills in order to successfully compete in the igem world championship jamboree, held annually in boston, massachusetts. Workshops (homeschool & weekend workshops) - the citizen science lab's home school and weekend workshops are hands-on, age-appropriate stem lessons that inspire curiosity, discovery & exploration of life science and engineering disciplines subjects include: molecular biology, physics, and chemistry. Classes: field trips (to lab and out of lab) - we offer students a one-of- a-kind laboratory experience. Schedule a field trip at one of the citizen science lab's locations. Summer camps - we offer fun, hands-on camps for grades 4 through 12. With a full range of science and engineering adventures, including robotics, outer space, zoology, microbiology, dna, and drones. There's sure to be something that excites and inspires the budding scientist in your home.”